Doctors Ratings Building Up With Exciting Episode

The networks new drama Man to Man, which took over the time slot that was previously occupied by JTBCs explosively popular Strong Woman Do Bong Soon, has surpassed its predecessor in viewer ratings for its first episode.

Man to Man aired its first episode on Friday, April 21 and recorded an average viewer rating of 4.055% nationwide. Previously, Strong Woman Do Bong Soon recorded an unprecedented viewer rating of 3.829% for its first episode and, by surpassing this percentage, Man to Man has recorded the highest viewer rating for a first drama episode ever for JTBC.

On May 11, ratings research company Nielsen Korea revealed the latest ratings for episodes of dramas that aired the day before.

New MBC historical drama, Ruler: Master of the Mask, took first place with an average rating of 9.7 percent for its premiere episode and 11.6 percent for its second episode. The drama that previously aired on MBC in this time slot did not exhibit strong ratings, ending its run in third place in the ratings race between Wednesday-Thursday dramas. This means that Ruler: Master of the Mask achieved first place in ratings without the beneficial boost of following a ratings-success drama.

Ruler: Master of the Mask has already taken first place in viewer ratings for its timeslot, and appears to be the next big show to see.

AGB Nielsen Korea recently released the viewership ratings for television shows broadcast on May 10 and the results showed that Ruler: Master of the Mask took first place in its timeslot of 9:55 pm KST.

MBCs Ruler: Master of the Mask recorded a 9.7% viewership rating for episode 1, part 1 and 11.6% for part 2.

The finale that aired on May 21 gathered average viewership ratings of 6.5 percent and peaked at 7.1 percent. Within its target audience (people between the ages of 25 and 49), the drama scored average ratings of 7.2 percent and peaked at 8.1 percent.